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Way

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William Way LGBTQ Community CenterWilliam Way LGBTQ Community Center Group Art Show: Gina Giles, Thom Duffy, Lance Pawling

“Thom Duffy, Gina Giles, and Lance Pawling are the winners of the 2013 William Way LGBT Community Center Juried Art Competition and their exciting and diverse bodies of work will be on display this September and October in the gallery.

Thom Duffy will display beautifully created watercolor still lifes on paper featuring an autumn theme. Gina Giles has exhibited in The Plastic Club, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, Hicks Art Center Gallery, and more and will display photographic works. Pawling is a performance and installation artist known for his work with the improvisational theater group Dumpsta Players. Lance Pawling’s found-object sculptures ‘provide the viewer with a magnetic vounce through wonder. Evocative, often disturbing and equally alluring, his work redefines our ideas of refuse.’ The show will be on view in the gallery from through October 31, 2014.

The group art show at William Way LGBTQ Community Center presents three of Philadelphia’s most interesting and influential artists that were chosen from the 2013 Juried Community Art Show. I believe these artists are influential because they each are living their own authentic artistic self-actualized selves and influencing Philadelphia’s artistic culture.

Gina Giles is documenting the drag scene in Philadelphia, a performance art with a long Philadelphia history, through candid and backstage photographs. Thom Duffy is a fine painter who created a whole new body of work, beautiful Autumnal watercolors in a variety of sizes. Thom also operates a successful business, Thom Duffy Massage Therapy LLC, ‘offering a full array of therapeutic massage services for men and women to achieve specific targeted goals and physical well-being’. His job is to make you feel better. Lance Pawling, who’s day job is at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, is influential because of his fearless performances in burlesque shows as well as his visual art skills. I caught the latest performance of The Weird Beard Review, an all male burlesque review, at L’Tage and watched the man with the Dali moustache transform from art nerd to bearded lady sex bomb before my eyes.

October is Gay History Month and a lot of gay history is being made around the world. ‘LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It is observed during October in the United States, to include National Coming Out Day on October 11.[1] In the United Kingdom, it is observed during February, to coincide with a major celebration of the 2005 abolition of Section 28.’ (Wikipedia).

The group art show at William Way LGBTQ Community Center is part of gay history now and I believe that the main takeaway is that ‘gay art’ is art just like LGBTQ people are people. Living an authentic life with a freedom of spirit and nature just feels right and brings happiness to our lives.

Read my interviews with each of these artists on DoNArTNeWs Philadelphia Art News Blog.

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Found

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Lost and Found, Philadelphia Dumpster DiversLost and Found, an exhibit of found object based mixed-media work by members of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers, will open at West Chester University October 30th through December 12th, 2014.

Lost and Found Opening: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 4:00 – 7:00pm
West Chester University’s E.O. Bull Center for the Arts
2 East Rosedale Ave., West Chester, PA 19383

Gallery Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday: Noon – 4:00pm

“The West Chester University Department of Art + Design is housed in the new E.O. Bull Center for the Arts which provides a state-of-the art setting conducive to creative endeavors. Intensive and individualized instruction prepares the young artist for work at the professional level. The art galleries present an ever-changing exhibition of work from all areas of the visual arts.” – E.O. Bull Center for the Arts

“For over 20 years, the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers – a group of about 40 Philadelphia-area based artists, collectors and friends – have been working with found objects and recycled materials to create extensive works and group efforts.” – Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

 

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Serious

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Serious Play, ARTsisters, Center on the HillResilient Retreat, monotype by Linda Dubin Garfield

Center on the Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118 invites you to SERIOUS PLAY, a group exhibition featuring artwork by ARTsisters Priscilla Bohlen, Linda Dubin Garfield, Karen Leibman and Ruth Wolf. Using a variety of styles and media, these artists make you smile and make you think. The exhibit will run November 1- 26, 2014. Center on the Hill Gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

“ARTsisters is a group of professional women artists who empower each other and the community through their art. ARTsisters was founded in December 2005, by Linda Dubin Garfield who realized that her long-time friend and fellow artist Leslie DeBrocky (since deceased) functioned as more than a friend when it came to discussing and helping with her art. She was really an ARTsister, one who understood the process and could really understand the highs and lows involved with the challenges of a professional artist. Together they opened membership to other women and, through word of mouth, now have 24 members and an email list of more than 75 interested women artists. Sharing resources and offering support to each other, the members now have shown, both individually and in groups,  including shows in Chestnut Hill, Old City, Manayunk, Wayne, Wynnewood, the Wilmington Arts Commission in Delaware, the Widener University Art Gallery and the City of Philadelphia Board of Ethics. This spring ARTsisters will have their 10th Anniversary ART Show at Jenkins Arboretum.

Some of the non-profits we have collaborated with include: Adopt A Pig, Endow-A-Home, Philadelphia FIGHT, Juvenile Diabetes, The Cancer Support Community (formerly The Wellness Community of Philadelphia), The Food Trust, The Heart Association, Child Advocates and Laurel House.”

For more information, visit www.ARTsisters.org

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Isolation

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From Isolation to CollaborationFrom Isolation to Collaboration, 17 Artists/30 Years: ASSEMBLAGE Artists Collective

October 9th – December 17th, 2014 
Open to the public: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

HENRY GALLERY at Penn State Great Valley Conference Center hosts the works of 17 artists from theASSEMBLAGE Artists Collective. The exhibit; “From Isolation to Collaboration” opens with a reception for the public on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 6 to 7 p.m. Following the reception, ASSEMBLAGE Artists Collective will give a presentation “How to Survive and Thrive in the  Art World  Despite the Odds” in the Musser auditorium. The opening event is free; registration is required at:http://assemblageartists.eventbrite.com

ASSEMBLAGE Artists Collective includes: Rosalind Bloom, Zola Bryen, Wanda Chudzinski, Leslie Eadeh, Susan Hader Golden, Kathe Chapman Grinstead, Lauren Litwa Holden, Sheila Letven, Helen Mirkil, Lesley Mitchell, Elaine C. Nettis, Brigitte Rutenberg, Eleanor Schimmel, Marion Spirn, Charlotte Schatz,Pam Taggart, Carol Wisker

HENRY GALLERY at Penn State Great Valley Conference Center, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern PA.

“In 1985 a few young artists were graduating from the safety and camaraderie of art school to the harsh reality of the outside world.  To ease the transition they began to meet once a month to share information about practical and technical issues, current shows, exhibition opportunities, and to view and discuss one another’s work. The roster has changed, but nine in the current group have been in it from the start, and the group remains small enough to sustain intimacy. The first Assemblage exhibition was in 1991, followed by twelve more exhibits to date.” – HENRY GALLERY at Penn State Great Valley Conference Center

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North

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Andrea Krupp, NORTH of HEREAndrea Krupp, Irongrim, 20 x 16, woodcut with transfer drawing

NORTH of HERE at Twenty-Two Gallery

The Biggest Art Event of the Fall is begins this weekend: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours and NORTH of HERE at Twenty-Two Gallery. Philadelphia artist Andrea Krupp is exhibiting Iceland-inspired woodcuts in conjunction with POST, in an exhibit titled “NORTH of HERE“. A bold, graphic collection of 24 works on paper that distills the artist’s experience of a 2-month painting residency in Iceland. at Twenty-Two Gallery, located near Rittenhouse Square, Twenty-Two Gallery, 236 S. 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

  • October 10th through November 9th, 2014.
  • Opening Friday October 10, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
  • Gallery Talk “Iceland, Inspiration and Insight into the Artistic Process” Saturday, October 11, 3:00pm.
  • Win a color woodcut, business card drawing, free to enter. Sunday, October 12, 5:00pm

“Philadelphia artists like me are thriving in their careers by using a creative approaches to marketing their artwork and funding their projects. I am leveraging the popularity of the well-established Philadelphia Open Studio Tours program to bring new audiences to Twenty-Two Gallery. I have designed special POST weekend events, all free and open to the public. Your audience will want to know!

I used Kickstarter for two successful fundraising and client-base-building campaigns in 2013 and 2014. The woodcut that I am offering at the business card drawing is one of my 2014 Kickstarter “rewards”. Most artists cannot depend on just gallery sales to make a sustainable living as an artist.   Most artists need to think outside-the-box to create opportunities for themselves.   I think it would make a great segment. Thanks for your consideration!” – Andrea Krupp

“Visit during POST Weekend, October 11 and 12, and and receive special discounts on every piece in Andrea Krupp‘s exhibition. Take $50 off framed artwork over $300, $20 off framed artwork under $300. Purchase an unframed piece and get 15% off professional framing by B and K Fine Arts. Also, enter to win a hand-printed, limited edition color woodcut, every visitor is eligible, just stop in and drop your card in the box.”

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country. Join us for the 15th Anniversary Party on Thursday October 9! This milestone Tour season also includes weekend self-guided tours East and West of Broad Street from Noon to 6pm; a series of special events; and Guided Trolley Tours. Need more info on how to navigate the Tour? Check out the Tour Planner.

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